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Revealed: Trudeau government welcomed oil lobby help for US pipeline pushhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2018/feb/09/trudeau-government-welcomed-oil-lobby-help-for-us-pipeline-push-documents
<p>Canadian government viewed Trump’s election as “positive news” for Keystone XL and energy industry</p><p>The Trudeau government treated Donald Trump’s election as “positive news” for Canada’s energy industry and welcomed the help of Canada’s main corporate oil group in lobbying the US administration, documents show.<br> </p><p>Meetings conducted by senior government officials with TransCanada and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) reveal an one-sided approach more reminiscent of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/11/canadian-government-spent-millions-on-secret-tar-sands-advocacy">secret oil advocacy</a> than Justin Trudeau’s green electoral promises.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2018/feb/09/trudeau-government-welcomed-oil-lobby-help-for-us-pipeline-push-documents">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentJustin TrudeauDonald TrumpKeystone XL pipelineOilTar sandsEnergyFossil fuelsUS newsFri, 09 Feb 2018 07:52:47 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2018/feb/09/trudeau-government-welcomed-oil-lobby-help-for-us-pipeline-push-documentsPhotograph: Sean Kilpatrick/APPhotograph: Sean Kilpatrick/APMartin Lukacs2018-02-09T07:52:47ZRevealed: oil giants pay billions less tax in Canada than abroadhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/26/revealed-oil-giants-pay-billions-less-tax-in-canada-than-abroad
<p>Data shows companies made much higher payments to developing countries in 2016 than to Canadian, provincial governments</p><p>Canada taxes its oil and gas companies at a fraction of the rate they are taxed abroad, including by countries ranked among the world’s most corrupt, according to an analysis of public data by the Guardian. <br></p><p>The low rate that oil companies pay in Canada represents billions of dollars in potential revenue lost, which an industry expert who looked at the data says is a worrying sign that the country may be “a kind of tax haven for our own companies.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/26/revealed-oil-giants-pay-billions-less-tax-in-canada-than-abroad">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentFossil fuelsEnergyJustin TrudeauCanadaAmericasWorld newsThu, 26 Oct 2017 10:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/26/revealed-oil-giants-pay-billions-less-tax-in-canada-than-abroadPhotograph: Aaron Huey/National Geographic/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Aaron Huey/National Geographic/Getty ImagesMartin Lukacs2017-10-26T10:00:02ZIndigenous rights 'serious obstacle' to Kinder Morgan pipeline, report sayshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/16/indigenous-rights-serious-obstacle-to-kinder-morgan-pipeline-report-says
<p>Pipeline company downplaying major legal and financial risks of crossing unceded First Nations territory in British Columbia</p><p>The controversial expansion of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/canada-approves-kinder-morgan-oil-pipeline-justin-trudeau">pipeline</a> that would carry tar sands crude from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast will be doomed by the rising power of Indigenous land rights.</p><p>That’s the message that Kanahus Manuel, an Indigenous activist from the Secwepemc Nation in central BC, plans to deliver to banks financing the project as she travels through Europe this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/16/indigenous-rights-serious-obstacle-to-kinder-morgan-pipeline-report-says">Continue reading...</a>Indigenous peoplesTar sandsEnergyFossil fuelsEnvironmentCanadaJustin TrudeauLand rightsMon, 16 Oct 2017 15:22:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/oct/16/indigenous-rights-serious-obstacle-to-kinder-morgan-pipeline-report-saysPhotograph: Ian Willms/Ian Willms / GreenpeacePhotograph: Ian Willms/Ian Willms / GreenpeaceMartin Lukacs2017-10-16T15:22:20ZJustin Trudeau deploys the politics of hype. Jeremy Corbyn offers politics of hope | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jun/12/justin-trudeau-deploys-the-politics-of-hype-jeremy-corbyn-offers-politics-of-hope
<p>Canada’s PM is a counterfeit progressive who champions war-planes, pipelines and privatization – look across the pond for economic and environmental justice</p><p>Their depiction in the international media couldn’t be more different.</p><p>You know Justin Trudeau from the Buzzfeed photo-spread or the BBC viral video: the feminist prime minister of Canada who hugs refugees, pandas, and his yoga-mat. He looks like he canoed straight from the lake to the stage of the nearest TED Talk – an inclusive, nature-loving do-gooder who must assuredly be loved by his people.<br tabindex="-1"></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jun/12/justin-trudeau-deploys-the-politics-of-hype-jeremy-corbyn-offers-politics-of-hope">Continue reading...</a>Justin TrudeauJeremy CorbynEnvironmentPoliticsUK newsWorld newsFossil fuelsEnergyMon, 12 Jun 2017 16:56:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jun/12/justin-trudeau-deploys-the-politics-of-hype-jeremy-corbyn-offers-politics-of-hopePhotograph: Getty Images/APPhotograph: Getty Images/APMartin Lukacs2017-06-12T16:56:38ZTrump presidency 'opens door' to planet-hacking geoengineer experimentshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/mar/27/trump-presidency-opens-door-to-planet-hacking-geoengineer-experiments
<p>As geoengineer advocates enter Trump administration, plans advance to spray sun-reflecting chemicals into atmosphere </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/29/criticism-harvard-solar-geoengineering-research-distorted">Read David Keith and Gernot Wagner’s response to this story</a></li></ul><p>Harvard engineers who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/24/us-scientists-launch-worlds-biggest-solar-geoengineering-study">launched</a> the world’s biggest solar geoengineering research program may get a dangerous boost from Donald Trump, environmental organizations are warning.<br></p><p>Under the Trump administration, enthusiasm appears to be growing for the controversial technology of solar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jul/10/geo-engineering-weather-manipulation">geo-engineering</a>, which aims to spray sulphate particles into the atmosphere to reflect the sun’s radiation back to space and decrease the temperature of Earth.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/29/criticism-harvard-solar-geoengineering-research-distorted">Fear of solar geoengineering is healthy – but don't distort our research</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/mar/27/trump-presidency-opens-door-to-planet-hacking-geoengineer-experiments">Continue reading...</a>GeoengineeringTrump administrationClimate changeEnvironmentUS newsWorld newsFossil fuelsEnergyMon, 27 Mar 2017 05:05:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/mar/27/trump-presidency-opens-door-to-planet-hacking-geoengineer-experimentsPhotograph: Lou Toman/APPhotograph: Lou Toman/APMartin Lukacs2017-03-27T05:05:05ZStanding Rock is a modern-day Indian war. This time Indians are winning | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/dec/05/standing-rock-is-a-modern-day-indian-war-this-time-indians-are-winning
<p>A historic growing movement for Indigenous rights is a key to protecting land and water and preventing climate chaos</p><p>As Indigenous peoples faced off against armed police and tanks near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in Dakota, theirs wasn’t just a battle over a pipeline. It was a battle over a story that could define the future of America.<br></p><p>The Obama administration’s decision yesterday to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock">refuse</a> the Dakota Access pipeline permission to complete its construction has now shaken up that story. Its old version was that Indigenous peoples have always been in the way of progress, their interests a nuisance or threat, their treaties a discardable artifact. In that story, the American heroes forged on these high plains of the west were never the Indians: they were the gold-diggers or gamblers, the cowboys or cavalry.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/dec/05/standing-rock-is-a-modern-day-indian-war-this-time-indians-are-winning">Continue reading...</a>Dakota Access pipelineEnvironmentUS newsIndigenous peoplesFossil fuelsEnergyWorld newsMon, 05 Dec 2016 14:35:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/dec/05/standing-rock-is-a-modern-day-indian-war-this-time-indians-are-winningPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersMartin Lukacs2016-12-05T14:35:52ZJustin Trudeau’s lofty rhetoric on First Nations a cheap simulation of justice | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/sep/19/justin-trudeaus-lofty-rhetoric-on-first-nations-a-cheap-simulation-of-justice
<p>An era of so-called reconciliation has disguised the continuation of Harper-era land and resource grabs</p><p>By now, we all know the greatest priority of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is its relationship with Indigenous peoples. How could we miss the weekly reminders? <br></p><p>Trudeau graciously wrapping himself in ceremonial blankets. Hauling jugs of drinking water door-to-door on a northern reserve lacking potable water. Paddling the Ottawa river in his dad’s buckskin jacket and moccasins with Indigenous youth, after a sunrise ritual at dawn.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/sep/19/justin-trudeaus-lofty-rhetoric-on-first-nations-a-cheap-simulation-of-justice">Continue reading...</a>Justin TrudeauIndigenous peoplesEnvironmentOilCanadaAmericasEnergyFossil fuelsMon, 19 Sep 2016 15:58:51 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/sep/19/justin-trudeaus-lofty-rhetoric-on-first-nations-a-cheap-simulation-of-justicePhotograph: Jeff McIntosh/APPhotograph: Jeff McIntosh/APMartin Lukacs2016-09-19T15:58:51ZThe arsonists of Fort McMurray have a name | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/may/12/the-arsonists-of-fort-mcmurray-have-a-name
<p>Fossil fuel corporations are causing the climate change fuelling mega-fires – and they should be footing the bill for the devastation </p><p>As the fire that <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/10/canada-wildfire-fort-mcmurray-saved-alberta-premier">ravaged Fort McMurray</a> finally moves past the city, and the province tallies the heartbreaking damage, a search will begin to discover the source of the destruction.</p><p>Investigators will comb the nearby forests for clues, tracing the fire’s path to what they call its “point of origin.” They’ll interview witnesses, collect satellite imagery, and rule out natural causes—much like the work of detectives.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/11/canada-wildfire-environmental-impacts-fort-mcmurray">Canada wildfire - what are the environmental impacts?</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/may/07/alberta-wildfires-fort-mcmurray-damage-pictures">Alberta wildfires leave Fort McMurray charred and desolate –&nbsp;in pictures</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/may/12/the-arsonists-of-fort-mcmurray-have-a-name">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentClimate changeWildfiresNatural disasters and extreme weatherWorld newsEnergyFossil fuelsCanadaAmericasThu, 12 May 2016 12:23:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/may/12/the-arsonists-of-fort-mcmurray-have-a-namePhotograph: Chris Wattie/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Chris Wattie/AFP/Getty ImagesMartin Lukacs2016-05-12T12:23:19ZSurprise, the pundits were wrong: poll shows huge support for Leap Manifesto | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/apr/29/surprise-the-pundits-were-wrong-poll-shows-huge-support-for-leap-manifesto
<p>Canadians across the political spectrum want a bold challenge to the status quo—and it’s up to the NDP to provide it</p><p>For weeks, the corporate media has spouted a stern prediction: Canadians will flee in horror from the Leap Manifesto. We are a “modest shift people,” not “big shift people”. The New Democratic Party, merely by endorsing to debate the document, would court “irrelevance.”</p><p>A new poll <a href="http://www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/2016/04/wise-crowds-and-the-future/">shows</a> just how wrong they were: far from recoiling from the Leap Manifesto, people are embracing it. Among the large and growing number of Canadians who have heard about the <a href="http://www.leapmanifesto.org">Leap Manifesto</a>, half support it. That includes a majority of New Democrats and Greens, half of Liberal voters, and even twenty percent of Conservatives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/apr/29/surprise-the-pundits-were-wrong-poll-shows-huge-support-for-leap-manifesto">Continue reading...</a>CanadaAmericasEnvironmentFossil fuelsEnergyFri, 29 Apr 2016 17:12:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/apr/29/surprise-the-pundits-were-wrong-poll-shows-huge-support-for-leap-manifestoPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyMartin Lukacs2016-04-29T17:12:45ZBy rejecting $1bn for a pipeline, a First Nation has put Trudeau's climate plan on trialhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/20/by-rejecting-1-billion-for-a-pipeline-a-first-nation-has-put-justin-trudeaus-climate-plan-on-trial
<p>Canada’s Lax Kw’alaams show us how we can be saved: by loving the natural world and local living economies more than mere money and profit<br></p><p>Everything has a price. Everyone can be bought. We assume this principle is endemic to modern life — and that accepting it is most obvious to the impoverished. Except all over the world, people are defying it for a greater cause. That courage may be even more contagious.</p><p>It has been in full supply in north-west Canada, where an oil giant is aiming to construct one of the country’s biggest fossil fuel developments: a pipeline to ship liquified natural gas (LNG) out of British Colombia. To export it overseas via tankers, Malaysian-owned Petronas must first win approval for a multi-billion dollar terminal on the coast.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/20/by-rejecting-1-billion-for-a-pipeline-a-first-nation-has-put-justin-trudeaus-climate-plan-on-trial">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaFossil fuelsIndigenous peoplesEnergyFrackingGasAmericasSun, 20 Mar 2016 18:20:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/20/by-rejecting-1-billion-for-a-pipeline-a-first-nation-has-put-justin-trudeaus-climate-plan-on-trialPhotograph: Indigenous leaders gather on Lelu island where the Lax Kw’alaams have set up camp to protest the construction of an LNG terminal.Photograph: Indigenous leaders gather on Lelu island where the Lax Kw’alaams have set up camp to protest the construction of an LNG terminal.Martin Lukacs2016-03-20T18:20:04ZCanada’s post office could get a revolutionary green make-over | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/09/canadas-post-office-is-getting-a-revolutionary-green-make-over
<p>The post office is far from dead. With Trudeau’s support, it can become the catalyst of a more caring, equal economy<strong><br></strong></p><p>The story has an air of inevitability. A rise in online communication has led to a inexorable decline of mail. Our local post offices, squeezed by the digital era, will soon be quaint outposts of a bygone era. What’s left to do but end door-to-door mail delivery, lay off postal workers, and hand over what remains to private companies?</p><p>This tale may be repeated endlessly by the media, but little of it holds true. The drop-off in mail, while accurate, has been offset by a pick-up in e-parcel delivery. Canada Post remains profitable – bringing 1.5 billion in profits to the government in the last decade alone.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/09/canadas-post-office-is-getting-a-revolutionary-green-make-over">Continue reading...</a>CanadaAmericasEnvironmentPost OfficeJustin TrudeauEnergyFossil fuelsBusinessWed, 09 Mar 2016 17:31:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2016/mar/09/canadas-post-office-is-getting-a-revolutionary-green-make-overPhotograph: A postal truck drives by the Vancouver shore line./Canada PostPhotograph: A postal truck drives by the Vancouver shore line./Canada PostMartin Lukacs2016-03-09T17:31:08ZDon’t cheer Alberta’s premier yet. Demand she break the oil barons’ vice-grip | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/nov/24/dont-cheer-albertas-premier-demand-she-break-the-oil-barons-vice-grip
<p>Alberta’s climate plan falls far short of what’s possible: unleashing a green economy that creates hundreds of thousands of jobs and transitions off the tar sands</p><p>Alberta’s new climate plan is drawing praise from sources that have rarely got on with the oil-exporter – Al Gore, labour unions and some of North America’s biggest green groups. At first glance, it’s not hard to see why: Alberta is promising an accelerated phase-out of coal, increased funds for renewable energy and impacted workers, and a price on carbon. It’s a major step hard to imagine scarcely a year ago, when the province was still under a multi-decade Conservative reign.<br></p><p>So why then are the oil barons celebrating? Beaming with pride, the heads of Canada’s biggest tar sands companies flanked premier Rachel Notley during Sunday’s announcement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/nov/24/dont-cheer-albertas-premier-demand-she-break-the-oil-barons-vice-grip">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaEnergyAmericasFossil fuelsTue, 24 Nov 2015 19:12:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/nov/24/dont-cheer-albertas-premier-demand-she-break-the-oil-barons-vice-gripPhotograph: David Levene for the GuardianPhotograph: David Levene for the GuardianMartin Lukacs2015-11-24T19:12:08ZTrudeau’s bold change pledge was a ruse. But Canada now has a fighting chance | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/22/trudeaus-bold-change-pledge-was-a-ruse-but-canada-now-has-a-fighting-chance
<p>Liberals took up a progressive mantle when the NDP failed to project a vision of environmental and social justice – now it’s up to the public to bend them to their will<strong></strong></p><p>On Monday night many Canadians breathed out a sigh of relief. Then they breathed in a whiff of apprehension. The ousting of the Conservatives was a victory, a rejection of Stephen Harper’s politics of fear and racism. But Canadians now confront a Prime Minister gifted in the art of warm, fuzzy claptrap. They won’t be offered what they dreamed of: that was never an option in this election.</p><p>The election’s most revealing poll was scarcely reported by the media. Those voting against Harper – sixty to seventy percent of Canada, a progressive majority holding steady through his decade in power – were <a href="http://abacusdata.ca/the-battle-for-the-change-vote/">asked</a> in late September what kind of change they desired. They answered overwhelmingly: not moderate but ambitious, not incremental but immediate. In other words, most people didn’t just want Harper out: they wanted plentiful jobs, a healthy environment, indeed a far more just and fair country.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/22/trudeaus-bold-change-pledge-was-a-ruse-but-canada-now-has-a-fighting-chance">Continue reading...</a>Justin TrudeauEnvironmentCanadaOilEnergyAmericasFossil fuelsThu, 22 Oct 2015 17:32:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/22/trudeaus-bold-change-pledge-was-a-ruse-but-canada-now-has-a-fighting-chancePhotograph: Adrian Wyld/APPhotograph: Adrian Wyld/APMartin Lukacs2015-10-22T17:32:52ZCanada's real barbarism? Stephen Harper’s dismembering of the country | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/14/canadas-real-barbarism-stephen-harpers-dismembering-of-the-country
<p>The Conservative government is wiping away everything vital about Canada’s society and environment. They must be voted out</p><p>The threat of barbarism is grave, insidious and far-reaching. Those responsible are a small group nurturing a foreign-inspired ideology on Canadian soil. They pore over rigid doctrines in cloistered rooms. They scheme to impose their values, attractive only to a minority, on the majority of Canadian people. They have carefully veiled their true selves but their agenda is unmistakable: to erase the country’s achievements in security and fairness.</p><p>This threat comes not from a handful of niqab-wearing Muslim women. It has always come from Canada’s Conservative party. Their imported neoconservative ideology, baked into homegrown resentment toward the federal state, has never been palatable to a country with progressive ambitions. They have risen to power through other means: money and economic clout; a deep network of right-wing media and think tanks that have shaped policy options; and an unreformed electoral system that has allowed a party with only a quarter of the electorate’s support to rule unhindered.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/14/canadas-real-barbarism-stephen-harpers-dismembering-of-the-country">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaEnergyAmericasWorld newsFossil fuelsWomenHealthIndigenous peoplesWed, 14 Oct 2015 13:36:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/oct/14/canadas-real-barbarism-stephen-harpers-dismembering-of-the-countryPhotograph: Chris Wattie/REUTERSPhotograph: Chris Wattie/REUTERSMartin Lukacs2015-10-14T13:36:20ZThe Leap Manifesto isn't radical. It's a way out of Canada's head-in-the-sand politics | Martin Lukacshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/sep/17/the-leap-manifesto-isnt-radical-its-a-way-out-of-canadas-head-in-the-sand-politics
<p>A powerful movement in Canada, animated by a compelling and positive vision for the climate and economy, can force the hand of whichever government comes to power</p><p>Every political class considers themselves inclusive, diverse, open-minded. But present ideas that stray outside the boundaries of sanctioned debate, imposed by power and a patrolling press, and watch how quickly they stoop to bullying.</p><p>Consider the response to the Leap Manifesto, a declaration <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/canada-leap-manifesto-fossil-fuels-naomi-klein">released</a> this week by an unprecedented coalition of Canadian authors, artists, national leaders and activists in the midst of a federal election. It lays out a vision – bolder than anything on offer from political parties – to transition the country off fossil fuels while simultaneously improving the lives of most Canadians. Climate change is <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/09/15/naomi-klein-and-avi-lewis-how-to-avoid-a-climate-catastrophe.html">presented</a> not just as an existential crisis but an opportunity – indeed, imperative – to make the political and economic system more just and fair. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/sep/17/the-leap-manifesto-isnt-radical-its-a-way-out-of-canadas-head-in-the-sand-politics">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaEconomic policyFossil fuelsAmericasEnergyPoliticsWorld newsThu, 17 Sep 2015 20:23:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/sep/17/the-leap-manifesto-isnt-radical-its-a-way-out-of-canadas-head-in-the-sand-politicsPhotograph: MARK BLINCH/REUTERSPhotograph: MARK BLINCH/REUTERSMartin Lukacs2015-09-17T20:23:37ZCanadian agency deciding Shell’s offshore drilling includes ex-Shell officialhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/27/canadian-agency-deciding-shells-offshore-drilling-includes-ex-shell-official
<p>News of Tory-appointed official follows on Environment Minister granting Shell up to 21 days to stop underwater oil spills </p><p>The agency tasked with giving approval for Shell’s deep-water drilling off Canada’s east coast includes a Tory-appointed official who worked for Shell for decades, it has emerged.<br></p><p>Shell’s billion-dollar plans for exploratory drilling 200 km from Nova Scotia’s southern shore have been green-lighted by Canada’s Environment Minister, but they await a final review this fall by the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/27/canadian-agency-deciding-shells-offshore-drilling-includes-ex-shell-official">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaOilOil spillsFossil fuelsAmericasEnergyOilThu, 27 Aug 2015 12:59:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/27/canadian-agency-deciding-shells-offshore-drilling-includes-ex-shell-officialPhotograph: Handout/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Handout/Getty ImagesMartin LukacsTim Groves2015-08-27T12:59:27ZRevealed: Canadian government spent millions on secret tar sands advocacyhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/11/canadian-government-spent-millions-on-secret-tar-sands-advocacy
<p>Conservative government used public money on outreach campaign to counter criticism of controversial Alberta tar sands</p><p>Canada’s Conservative government spent several million dollars on a tar sands advocacy fund as its push to export the oil faltered, documents reveal.</p><p>In its 2013 budget, the government invested $30 million over two years on public relations advertising and domestic and international “outreach activities” to promote Alberta’s tar sands.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/11/canadian-government-spent-millions-on-secret-tar-sands-advocacy">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaOilEnergyFossil fuelsAmericasWorld newsTue, 11 Aug 2015 17:49:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/aug/11/canadian-government-spent-millions-on-secret-tar-sands-advocacyPhotograph: David LevenePhotograph: David LeveneMartin Lukacs2015-08-11T17:49:44Z'Historic' Toronto climate march calls for new economic visionhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jul/06/historic-toronto-climate-march-calls-for-new-economic-vision
<p>More than 10,000 people demonstrate for “jobs, justice and climate action” in Canada</p><p>Demonstrators from a huge diversity of organizations marched boisterously through downtown Toronto on Sunday calling for a paradigm-shift in how climate change is addressed.</p><p>Not a typical protest of environmentalists, it attracted labour unions, First Nations, anti-poverty and faith groups, health workers and immigration rights activists who all underlined the need to change an economic system so it “works for people and the planet.”<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jul/06/historic-toronto-climate-march-calls-for-new-economic-vision">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaOilEnergyFossil fuelsAmericasMon, 06 Jul 2015 14:46:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jul/06/historic-toronto-climate-march-calls-for-new-economic-visionPhotograph: Fatin ChowdhuryPhotograph: Fatin ChowdhuryMartin Lukacs2015-07-06T14:46:09ZToronto march to merge economic justice and climate action - videohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jun/25/toronto-march-to-merge-economic-justice-and-climate-action-video
<p>Mobilization on eve of Pan American summits in Canada brings together start of “new kind of climate movement”</p><p>A mobilization calling for a “new economy that works for people and the planet” will bring together unions, environmentalists, anti-poverty organizations, farmers, faith groups, Indigenous peoples and others on July 5 in Toronto, according to a video about the <a href="http://www.jobsjusticeclimate.ca">March for Jobs, Justice &amp; the Climate</a>.<br></p><p>“Environmental struggle has to merge with the struggle to build a just society, because a society that’s willing to abandon people is certainly not willing to pay attention to a sustainable future for the climate,” says John Clarke, an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jun/25/toronto-march-to-merge-economic-justice-and-climate-action-video">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaFossil fuelsEnergyAmericasThu, 25 Jun 2015 18:16:24 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/jun/25/toronto-march-to-merge-economic-justice-and-climate-action-videoPhotograph: Robert van WaardenPhotograph: Robert van WaardenMartin Lukacs2015-06-25T18:16:24ZRevealed: Alberta’s ploy to break First Nations' pipeline oppositionhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/apr/29/revealed-albertas-ploy-to-break-first-nations-pipeline-opposition
<p>Premier Jim Prentice angled for Alberta’s First Nations to sign a pact that would turn them into pro-pipeline lobbyists in exchange for oil and gas profits<br></p><p>The Alberta government escalated its campaign to build tar sands pipelines under Premier Jim Prentice by seeking to have First Nations become full-blown proponents of the projects in return for oil revenues.</p><p>Documents obtained by the Guardian show that under a proposed agreement the province would have funded a task force of Alberta First Nations and government officials to “work jointly on removing bottlenecks and enabling the construction of pipelines to tide-water in the east and west coasts.”<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/apr/29/revealed-albertas-ploy-to-break-first-nations-pipeline-opposition">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentCanadaTar sandsIndigenous peoplesEnergyFossil fuelsAmericasWed, 29 Apr 2015 13:18:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2015/apr/29/revealed-albertas-ploy-to-break-first-nations-pipeline-oppositionPhotograph: TODD KOROL/REUTERSPhotograph: TODD KOROL/REUTERSMartin Lukacs2015-04-29T13:18:44Z